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awitzburg
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
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Smart Sync error - "There was an error opening this document"

I can access files on dropbox website, however on all computers utilizing smartsync, every time you try and open a file from the dropbox folder, it says "There was an error opening this doucment. The...
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Alexis G.1
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7 years ago
Jay wrote:
Thanks for the reports, I’ve forwarded this info to our team to conduct an investigation on it as we speak.
 
I’ll update you here when I receive an update on this matter.

Has this been escalated as level3 incident? This is a Global Wide issue. Apparently is related with a MS Update but is affecting lot of users with SmartSync.

I received a call from another 3 clients with the same issue. We already try disabling AV/Antimalware, same issue.

The only workaround is to right click and select the Smartsync / Local option so the users can download files/folders locally but this can be used only on temporary basis.

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Andrew K.45
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

I second the necessity of escalation, our phones are blowing up with Dropbox issues.   

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    7 years ago
    To keep you all posted, our engineers are aware of this issue and are working on a fix.
     
    Will let you know more when I know more.
    • Glenn P.3's avatar
      Glenn P.3
      New member | Level 2
      7 years ago

      Same issue.

      "Files cannot be accessed by the system"

       

    • Jamiea's avatar
      Jamiea
      Helpful | Level 6
      7 years ago
      Why is this marked as solved when it's still not working?
      • greentickback's avatar
        greentickback
        Helpful | Level 5
        7 years ago
        Solved? You mean broken right?
    • WoundingPhantom's avatar
      WoundingPhantom
      Explorer | Level 4
      7 years ago

      Issue doesn't present on a machine with the 62.4.103 Desktop client with MS update KB4471324 installed

      • Alexis G.1's avatar
        Alexis G.1
        Icon for Super User rankSuper User
        7 years ago
        I'm not near a PC now. Is 62.4.103 the last client or an old version?

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